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    System Safety

    System Safety

    This course covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics include the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system safety engineering, system and software hazard analysis, designing for safety, fault tolerance, safety issues in the design of human-machine interaction, verification of safety, creating a safety culture, and management of safety-critical projects. Includes a class project involving the high-level system design and analysis of a safety-critical system.

    Keywords:
    System safety Industrial safety
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    Information Theory

    Information Theory

    This is a graduate-level introduction to mathematics of information theory. We will cover both classical and modern topics, including information entropy, lossless data compression, binary hypothesis testing, channel coding, and lossy data compression.

    Subjects:
    Computing and Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Information theory Information theory in mathematics
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    Software Construction

    Software Construction

    6.005 Software Construction introduces fundamental principles and techniques of software development, i.e., how to write software that is safe from bugs, easy to understand, and ready for change. The course includes problem sets and a final project. Important topics include specifications and invariants; testing; abstract data types; design patterns for object-oriented programming; concurrent programming and concurrency; and functional programming.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer programming Computer software -- Development
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    Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

    Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

    6.0002 is the continuation of 6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python and is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer programming Computer science Python (Computer program language)
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    Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

    Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

    6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Computer programming Computer science Python (Computer program language)
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    Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory

    Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory

    This course encourages creative thinking through hands-on experience via building, observing and manipulating micro-and nano-scale structures. Students learn about underlying science and engineering principles and possible applications.

    Subjects:
    Mechanical Engineering
    Keywords:
    Microtechnology Nanotechnology
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    Introduction to Game Design Methods

    Introduction to Game Design Methods

    This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of the process of designing games and playful experiences. Students are familiarized with methods, concepts, techniques, and literature used in the design of games. The strategy is process-oriented, focusing on aspects such as: Rapid prototyping, play testing, and design iteration using a player-centered approach.

    Subjects:
    Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
    Keywords:
    Games
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    Computational Personal Genomics: Making Sense of Complete Genomes

    Computational Personal Genomics: Making Sense of Complete Genomes

    With the growing availability and lowering costs of genotyping and personal genome sequencing, the focus has shifted from the ability to obtain the sequence to the ability to make sense of the resulting information. This course is aimed at exploring the computational challenges associated with interpreting how sequence differences between individuals lead to phenotypic differences in gene expression, disease predisposition, or response to treatment.

    Subjects:
    Computing and Biology
    Keywords:
    Genomics Genomes
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    Wave Propagation

    Wave Propagation

    This course discusses theoretical concepts and analysis of wave problems in science and engineering. Examples are chosen from elasticity, acoustics, geophysics, hydrodynamics, blood flow, nondestructive evaluation, and other applications.

    Subjects:
    Mechanical Engineering and Physics
    Keywords:
    Wave mechanics Wave-motion Theory of
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    Quantum Optical Communication

    Quantum Optical Communication

    6.453 Quantum Optical Communication is one of a collection of MIT classes that deals with aspects of an emerging field known as quantum information science. This course covers Quantum Optics, Single-Mode and Two-Mode Quantum Systems, Multi-Mode Quantum Systems, Nonlinear Optics, and Quantum System Theory.

    Subjects:
    Electronic and Information Engineering and Physics
    Keywords:
    Quantum optics Quantum theory Nonlinear optics
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    Visualization for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education

    Visualization for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education

    This course is an introduction to principles and techniques of visual communication, and provides opportunities for science and engineering majors to acquire practical skills in the visual computer arts, in a studio environment. Students will learn how to create graphics for print and web, animations, and interactive media, and how to use these techniques to effectively communicate scientific and engineering concepts for learning and teaching. This class involves three hands-on creative projects, which will be presented in class.

    Subjects:
    Computing and Visualisation
    Keywords:
    Information visualization
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    ESD.60 Lean/Six Sigma Processes

    ESD.60 Lean/Six Sigma Processes

    Students of this course will develop a broad understanding of Lean/Six Sigma principles and practices, build capability to implement Lean/Six Sigma initiatives in manufacturing operations, and learn to operate with awareness of Lean/Six Sigma at the enterprise level. All course materials are organized around a common "single-point lesson" (SPL) format, with some of the SPLs provided by the instructor and guests and with some developed and delivered by student teams.

    Subjects:
    Management and Computing
    Keywords:
    Quality control Six sigma (Quality control stard)
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    Computer Systems Security

    Computer Systems Security

    6.858 Computer Systems Security is a class about the design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system (OS) security, capabilities, information flow control, language security, network protocols, hardware security, and security in web applications.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Data protection Computer security Computer networks -- Security measures Data encryption (Computer science)
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial Intelligence

    This course includes interactive demonstrations which are intended to stimulate interest and to help students gain intuition about how artificial intelligence methods work under a variety of circumstances.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Artificial intelligence
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    Design and Analysis of Algorithms

    Design and Analysis of Algorithms

    This is an intermediate algorithms course with an emphasis on teaching techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods of application. Topics include divide-and-conquer, randomization, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, incremental improvement, complexity, and cryptography.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Algorithms
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    User Interface Design and Implementation

    User Interface Design and Implementation

    This course examines human-computer interaction in the context of graphical user interfaces. The course covers human capabilities, design principles, prototyping techniques, evaluation techniques, and the implementation of graphical user interfaces. Deliverables include short programming assignments and a semester-long group project. Students taking the graduate version also have readings from current literature and additional assignments.

    Subjects:
    Computing
    Keywords:
    Human-computer interaction User interfaces (Computer systems)
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    Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics

    Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics

    This course develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum and statistical mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales, from molecular to cellular to tissue or organ level.

    Subjects:
    Biomedical Engineering and Biology
    Keywords:
    Biomedical engineering Biomechanics
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    Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

    Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

    This course presents the fundamentals of digital signal processing with particular emphasis on problems in biomedical research and clinical medicine. It covers principles and algorithms for processing both deterministic and random signals. Topics include data acquisition, imaging, filtering, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. The focus of the course is a series of labs that provide practical experience in processing physiological data, with examples from cardiology, speech processing, and medical imaging. The labs are done in MATLAB® during weekly lab sessions that take place in an electronic classroom. Lectures cover signal processing topics relevant to the lab exercises, as well as background on the biological signals processed in the labs.

    Subjects:
    Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging
    Keywords:
    Biomedical engineering Signal processing Image processing
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    Neurotechnology in Action

    Neurotechnology in Action

    This course explores cutting-edge neurotechnology that is essential for advances in all aspects of neuroscience, including improvements in existing methods as well as the development, testing and discussion of completely new paradigms. Readings and in-class sessions cover the fields of electrophysiology, light microscopy, cellular engineering, optogenetics, electron microscopy, MRI / fMRI, and MEG / EEG.

    Subjects:
    Biomedical Engineering and Biology
    Keywords:
    Neurotechnology (Bioengineering)
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    Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology

    Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology

    This is an interdisciplinary, project-based course, centered around a design project in which small teams of students work closely with a person with a disability in the Cambridge area to design a device, piece of equipment, app, or other solution that helps them live more independently.

    Subjects:
    Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Rehabilitation Sciences, Computing, and Electrical Engineering
    Keywords:
    Self-help devices for people with disabilities
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